[CentOS] SOLVED (was Re: Unable to mount Centos 5.6 Server via nfs4 - Operation Not Permitted - MADNESS!

Sat Jun 4 13:43:20 UTC 2011
RILINDO FOSTER <rilindo at me.com>

On Jun 4, 2011, at 4:27 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:

> RILINDO FOSTER wrote:
>> Okay, it took a few minutes, but I figure it out.  Seems that Scientific Linux eems to regress a bit in this area. 
>> SL Box (mounting Centos box via NFS4):
>> 
>> 192.168.15.200:/ /mnt nfs4 rw,addr=192.168.15.200,clientaddr=192.168.15.100 0 0
>> 
>> Huh.
>> 
>> Thanks a lot for the pointers, guys.  It has been interesting. :)
>> 
>> On Jun 2, 2011, at 8:50 PM, RILINDO FOSTER wrote:
>> 
>>> Here you go. Nothing too fancy:
>>> 
>>> [root at centos ~]# cat /etc/exports
>>> /home	*(ro,sync)
>>> /opt/company_data *(rw,sync)
>>> 
> 
> If I am not mistaking, difference might be between 5.x and 6.x, not 
> distro oriented. Not binding and having DNS/hostname issues is nice and 
> is progress.

If I understand this correctly, the steps required to mount a NFS4 export is supposed to include binding the directories, right? In that case,  SL 6.x  (and maybe Red Hat 6.x) is breaking convention here. Make it easier for old-school admins like me, though. :)

 - Rilindo